W. P. Converse & Co. v. Sorley
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Crimes.- Tried below before the Hon. James B. Burnett. On the second of September, A. D. 1863, Boulds Baker sold to James E, Williams the land mentioned in the pleadings, for the sum of fourteen thousand nine hundred dollars; of this, six thousand five hundred dollars was paid in sheep, and for the balance two notes were executed by Williams to Baker, each for the sum of four thousand dollars, the first note maturing January 1,1864, and the second maturing January…
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Error from Crimes.- Tried below before the Hon. James B. Burnett. On the second of September, A. D. 1863, Boulds Baker sold to James E, Williams the land mentioned in the pleadings, for the sum of fourteen thousand nine hundred dollars; of this, six thousand five hundred dollars was paid in sheep, and for the balance two notes were executed by Williams to Baker, each for the sum of four thousand dollars, the first note maturing January 1,1864, and the second maturing January 1, 1865, both bearing ten per cent, per annum interest from date, and both holding a lien on the land sold. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, P. J.
We think that the objection raised to the rights of Converse & Co. in the note sued on not well taken, since a tona fide and legal transfer to them in part payment and satisfaction of a just and subsisting debt, or as a collateral security for said debt, made by Crawford before any act of bankruptcy by him, would vest in the transferree all the rights which Crawford might have had in and to the instrument so transferred—regardless of the fact that he might subsequently have become a bankrupt. As no question is raised in regard to the time of the transfer from Crawford to Converse & Co., it is…
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